Brian J. Bruya

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Professor

History and Philosophy

702L Pray Harrold

734.487.4226 (email preferred)

[email protected]

Education

  • Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Hawaii, 2004
  • MA, Philosophy, University of Hawaii, 1999
  • BA, Philosophy and Chinese Language and Literature, 1992

Interests and Expertise

Research Interests
  • Chinese and comparative philosophy
  • Philosophical psychology
  • Philosophy of action
  • Aesthetics

For more information, please visit his website.

Courses

  • PHIL 110 Philosophies of Life
  • PHIL 115 Introduction to Asian Philosophy
  • PHIL 120 Introduction to Critical Reasoning
  • PHIL 212 Philosophy of Art
  • PHIL 215 Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 292 Buddhist Philosophy
  • PHIL 293 Indian Philosophy
  • PHIL 294 Chinese Philosophy
  • PHIL 310 Aesthetics
  • PHIL 442/542 Philosophy of Mind
  • PHIL 493/593 Comparative Philosophy
  • PHIL 494/594 Topics in Chinese Philosophy

Publications and Presentations

Selected Publications
  • The Dialogues of Confucius, Princeton University Press, co-translated with Wenwen Li, 2026
  • Ziran: The Philosophy of Spontaneous Self-Causation, State University of New York Press, 2022
  • 《自然与智慧——中国古代思想对现代科学与教育的启示》人民出版社,2022
  • "Fluid Attention in Education: Conceptual and Neurobiological Framework," co-authored with Yi-Yuan Tang, Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 12, 2021
  • "Three-Dimensional Wisdom and Perceived Stress among College Students," co-authored with Monika Ardelt, Journal of Adult Development (2021) 28: 93-105
  • "Is Attention Really Effort?  Revisiting Daniel Kahneman's Influential 1973 Book Attention and Effort," co-authored with Yi-Yuan Tang, Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 9, 2018
  • "Wisdom Can Be Taught: A Proof-of-Concept Study for Fostering Wisdom in the Classroom," co-authored with Monika Ardelt, Learning and Instruction, Vol. 58: 106-114 (2018)
  • "Ethnocentrism and Multiculturalism in Contemporary Philosophy," Philosophy East and West, Vol. 67, No. 4 (2017)
  • The Philosophical Challenge from China, MIT Press, 2015
    "The Rehabilitation of Spontaneity: A New Approach in Philosophy of Action" Philosophy East and West, 2010
  • "Qing (情) and Emotion in Early Chinese Thought," Ming Qing Studies (Ming Qing Yanjiu), 2001
  • More of Bruya's Publications
Dissertation

Additional Information

Personal Website